User:HotshotGG

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About Me

I live 4 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts I am 21 years old.

I am a college student getting a B.S in Technical Communications. My focus is mostly on Technical Writing/Communications) for the Computer Industry, although my education also includes work with an emphasis on the Biotechnology industry. My other area of interest as a hobby is in Sound Recording and Audio Engineering. I like hanging out HA learning something new and spreading knowledge. I also enjoy help maintaining the wiki, whenever I have spare time. I enjoy discussing technology, current events, science fiction, music or anything in general. Private Message me if you ever need anything. Additionally I know how to code a little and have written algorithms in C and C++, although I enjoy writing more. I mostly just like working with CSS2, HTML, and XML. I generally prefer Discrete Mathmatics and Statistics over Calculus. I find Calculus highly annoying and aggitating at times. I consider myself be a "semi-audiophile" and I regularly ABX when I can't decide.

Hardware

My hardware specs:

  • Pentium III 600 Mhz
  • 128 MB Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 video card
  • M-Audio Revolution 5.1 PCI soundcard.
  • Sennheiser PCX250 noise-cancelling (closed-cans)
  • Boston Acoustics 2.1 speakers with discrete subwoofer
  • Dual-boot Windows ME / Kubuntu.
  • Windows:
    • Cdex 1.70 with cdparanoia libraries for ripping.
    • fB2K v0.8.3 for listening.
    • Burrrn! for cd writing
    • Newsgroups for downloading.
  • Linux:
    • Gripwith cdparanoia libraries for ripping.
    • Amarok for listening.
    • k3B for cd writing.
    • Newgroups for downloading
  • My encoding habbits:
    • Vorbis 1.1.3 libraries -q 7/8 for HD storage
    • FLAC 1.13 -C 5 / 6 level for archiving my CD's
    • Lame MP3 3.98 for compatability
    • MPEG-4 LC-AAC for Playstation 3 media

Websites

Audio Websites:

  • Icecast Streaming links to open-source streaming stations on the net (MP3, HE-AAC, AAC, Vorbis streaming)
  • 1980s.fm a cool retro commercial site that brings you back to the 80's. (MP3, Vorbis streaming).
  • Pandora Account my account on pandora radio for (MP3 streaming)
  • Last.fm a cool social networking audio site with free full length tracks (MP3 streaming)
  • Musicbrainz Database essential for metadata and tagging your records
  • Amazon MP3 commercial website with DRM free single track's and full albums encoded @ 256 CBR or Lame -V 0 presets. All Track's are either $0.89 or $0.99 cents each.
  • ITunes Music popular Itunes music with DRM free track's and albums encoded at 128 kbps ITunes AAC encoder or "ITunes Plus" 256 kbps AAC. All track's are $0.99 cents each.

Lossless Audio

Lossless Audio Websites:

  • HD Dowloads a list of websites offering losless audio downloads (pay or for free)

Technical Writing

Technical Interests

My technical and musical interests are:

  • Ogg Vorbis and Digital Audio Compression.
  • MIDI Applications and Sound Synthesis
  • Psychoacoustics and Audio Signal Processing
  • Music
  • Classical
    • Use of classical music in diverse genres (indian and chinese classical)
    • Film Compositions/Scores (post contemporary and popular themes)
    • Pieces by famous classical composers of Classical Era and before (Bach, Tchaikovsky, etc).
  • Electronic
  • Ambient
    • IDM/Braindance
      • Squarpusher
      • Mu-Ziq
      • Venetian Snares
      • Mouse On Mars
    • Big Beat
      • FC Kahuna
      • The Chemical Brothers
      • The Crystal Method
      • Fatboy Slim
      • The Prodigy
      • The Propellerheads, etc.
    • Chiptunes
      • C64 SID
      • Amiga
      • Super NES
      • Sega Genesis
    • Netlabels
      • Kahvi Collective
      • 8-bit Peoples
    • Electroclash
      • Felix Da Housecat
      • Fischerspooner
      • The New Deal, etc
    • Electronic Dance Music
      • Full-on Psychedelic Trance/Goa Trance
        • Infected Mushroom
        • Astrix
        • Vibe Tribe
        • G.M.S
        • Ananda Shake
        • Sesto Sento
        • Visual Paradox
        • The Misted Muppet
        • Goa Gil, etc
        • Astral Projection
      • Progressive House/Breaks
        • Hybrid
        • BT
        • Way Out West
        • Shiloh
        • Luke Chable
        • Andy Moor
        • Hernan Cattaneo
        • James Zabiela
        • Sasha
      • New Skool Breaks/UK Breaks
        • Meat Katie
        • Plump DJ's
        • Dylan Rhymes
        • Koma and Bones
        • Elite Foce
        • Evil 9
        • Andy Page
        • Uberzone, etc
      • Chicago House
    • alternative/indie
    • 80's rock/pop
    • funk
    • jazz
    • blues
    • new wave
    • new age
    • hip hop, etc.
  • Reading
  • Statistics
  • Politics/Current Affairs
  • Science Fiction
  • Etc

HA Questions

Questions that I will answer:

  • Ogg Vorbis technical questions (I am not a xiph zealot). I just like the project
  • Questions reguarding other codecs like AAC, lossless, etc.
  • Thought provoking R&D questions, provide insight, or ask questions
  • Information pertaining to CD ripping and audio hardware (including sound cards)
  • Questions related computer music applications and software (sequencers, hardware, etc)
  • General/technial questions reguarding CDex.
  • Music discussion forum related stuff or usage.
  • Other thought provoking topics (replaygain, dynamics range, mastering, etc)
  • Questions were I can help people.
  • Pokes at humorous topics.